Leakage Analyst

This is a key role reporting to the Network Performance Manager within the water network. The role allows Water Networks to deliver against its strategic targets by the delivery against the Distribution Operations Maintenance Strategy (DOMS), Leakage, Customer and Efficiency targets within the regulatory framework. This role is pivotal in helping United Utilities Water Network achieve its vision. You'll ensure that high quality information is produced that enables effective and efficient management of our water resources by identifying areas for leakage detection through analysis of flow, pressure and consumption data playing a critical part in allowing UU to achieve its company leakage target.

You'll be responsible for is analysis and interpretation of flow and pressure data to ensure effective and efficient deployment of detection resources with your business area for both DMA and Upstream leakage activities as well as:

• Ensuring all information reported is Reliable, Accurate and Complete
• Collecting, processing and analysing data provided by Operations and Asset Management and Delivery
• Reacting to flow changes in an appropriate manner to ensure any out breaks of leakage are resolved effectively
• Being responsible for producing DMA reports for Network Operations
• Being a local expert user for Netbase & INS
• Ensuring that Asset Data is maintained correctly on our corporate systems
• Identifying areas of interest for detection teams
• Liaising with the Supply and Demand team to ensure that data input into the corporate leakage reporting systems is accurate
• Providing information to improve the effectiveness of our resources
• Scheduling work for detection teams
• Reviewing consumption data to ensure that it has be accurately recorded
• Ensuring all activities comply with Health and Safety Legislation, including dynamic risk assessment
• Being responsible for your own development
• Working in partnership with operations, alliance and contract employees to ensure work activities are completed within the agreed timescales

You'll have an understanding of water network connectivity, pressure control and leakage detection methods as well as understanding the impact Leakage has on UUs vision to be a world class operator of utility infrastructure. You'll also:

• Be proactive and confident in the way you deal with work and in dealing with the wider team
• Have the ability to manage own workload and work on own initiative to strict deadlines
• Demonstrate strong interpersonal skills
• Have the ability to work as a team to deliver high performance and have a proven record of achieving goals, objectives and scorecard measures
• Have working experience of Microsoft office applications inc advanced excel knowledge
• Demonstrate experience of Netbase, LMP (or other trending software), Onemap & IWM
• Have significant operational experience in the water industry
• Have experience and a sound working knowledge of Netbase, Onemap and SAP
• Demonstrate the competency to work as part of a high performance team
• Previous Analytical Leakage experience
• Educated at A-Level/NVQ level 3 or relevant industry knowledge
  

We need fantastic people to enable us to deliver a great service to the public. We are committed to reaching and recruiting from every community and then supporting employees to achieve their full potential ensuring they feel valued and included, regardless of their gender, age, race, disability, sexual orientation or social background.

If you are offered a job with us, a number of pre-employment checks need to be carried out before your appointment can be confirmed. Any offer of employment with United Utilities will be subject to a satisfactory checking report from the Disclosure Scotland / the Disclosure and Barring Service.